Home-invasion suspect bragged to others

David F. Smith, 40, remains jailed on $150,000 bond after appearing in Spokane County Superior Court Monday on charges of first-degree robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

Police arrested him Friday at an apartment in the 800 block of West Cora Avenue after a tipster told police Smith had been bragging about robbing people, including the home in the 1600 block of West Spofford Avenue on May 31.

The tipster told police she helped Smith get heroin and that he regularly carries a black handgun and "waves it around stating if people won't give him stuff, he will take what he wants," according to court documents.

The apartment where Smith was arrested had been targeted in an invasion robbery on June 10 or June 11, police say.

The woman said Smith took her 1989 black Chevy Cavalier prior to the May 31 robbery. Victims in that robbery identified Smith as one of the gunmen.

A second suspect has not yet been arrested.

Investigators believe Smith may be involved in other home invasions, but they don’t believe he was involved in takeover-style robberies at a McDonald’s at 4647 S. Regal St. on May 25 and a Zip Trip at 1523 W. 10th Ave. on June 8.

Those robberies involved four men in ski masks with guns.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.